Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh performs international folk and children’s music on a medley of familiar and uncommon musical instruments. For over 25 years Dave has provided musical programs for school assemblies, senior centers, local pubs, festivals, professional gatherings, church groups, and community events. His programs entertain and educate audiences with stories and demonstrations of more than a dozen instruments, including accordion, banjo, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, English bagpipes, penny whistle, spoons, bones, bodhran (Irish drum), and more.

He started playing Irish Music with Paddywhack, Nebraska’s original Irish Band in Lincoln, when “Daddysqueeze” Dan Newton (www.daddysqueeze.com) saw Dave playing the spoons and asked him if he could play the bodhran. A percussionist since age 9, Dave seized the moment and has since developed into one of the midwest’s most talented and unique bodhran players. Together with Mick, another fine bodhran player, the duo drum solo has become a trademark of an Ellis Island performance. Now Dave’s precise vocal harmonies and vast musical arsenal is a perfect match for the powerful lead singing and solid guitar playing of Mick Doyle.

Dave’s favorite compliment came from a 3 year-old pre-schooler who, after Dave finished a song with his autoharp, said “You have rainbows coming out of your eyes when you play that”.

For more information and potential funding for Dave’s solo performances, check out the links below to the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Humanities Council. http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/local/directory.phtml
http://www.nebraskahumanities.org/speakers/speakersindex.html#M